What's new in 1.5.4 - In-game chat — message your opponent during online games in a clean chat thread. - New messages pop up over your opponent, with an unread badge and a sound. - Long-press a message to report abuse; moderators see the surrounding chat. - Plus the usual fixes and polish.

What's new in 1.5.3 - Links to zochess.com — shared games, profiles and more — now open right in the app. - Plus the usual fixes and polish.

What's new in 1.5.2 - Setting a profile photo or animated avatar is faster and smoother. - New in-game options: show or hide opponents' countries and ratings, choose where your connection shows, and turn the analog clock on or off. - Fixed a bug where a message you sent could appear as sent to yourself. - Sign-up is quicker — we now suggest your country automatically. - Fixed a brief flash of the wrong board theme when a game ended. - Plus the usual fixes and polish.

What's new in 1.5.1 - zochess premium is here — a membership that unlocks double coins on every game you play, animated avatars, profile flairs and more. Subscribe from your profile; your membership follows you across every device. - Animated avatars — bring your profile to life with a short looping video instead of a still photo. Trim it, pick the frame that shows everywhere else, and it plays on your profile and in game. - Profile flairs — pick a glyph to sit next to your name and it shows up everywhere you appear: games, friends, search, the leaderboard and game review. Tap anyone's flair to see what it means. - One-of-a-kind flairs — some flairs are awarded to a single player and can't be bought or unlocked. Everyone can see them; only their owner can wear one. - Loot cases — open cases to collect new board designs and piece sets. Win cases from your online games, or get them in the store; opening one reveals a random cosmetic. - A slick reveal — cases open with a smooth spinning-wheel animation and sound, and duplicate items convert back into coins. - Boards, piece sets and cases now appear in your language, alongside the usual fixes and polish.

What's new in 1.3.4 - Your daily streak, front and center — a new card on your profile shows your current streak right above your themes. - Never lose a move to a blip — if your connection drops the instant you move in an online game, that move is now safely resent when you reconnect. - Know when something's waiting — the More tab shows a dot when you have unread messages, friend requests, or challenges. - Clearer sessions — Settings now shows the actual device for each active session instead of "Unknown device". - Smoother clocks, a clearer Game Review evaluation chart, and assorted fixes and polish.

What's new in 1.3.3 - Make it yours — new players get a quick setup to pick their board, piece set, and accent colour, shown off on a live, self-playing board. Change it anytime in Settings. - Friendlier first steps — clear one-time guides explain how you earn and spend coins in the Store, and what each move rating means in Game Review. - Notifications, explained — we now tell you what you'll be notified about (challenges, messages, friend requests) before asking, and take you straight to settings if you'd turned them off. - Assorted fixes and polish across the app.

What's new in 1.3.0 - Play in your language — the whole app is now translated into Spanish, Russian, German, Portuguese, French, and Hindi. Pick yours in Settings. - The Store is open — spend coins on premium boards and piece sets, equip your look from an inventory, and show your theme on your profile. Buy coin top-ups right in the app. - New piece sets, with dark pieces kept readable on dark boards. - Streak reminders — an optional nudge before your daily streak runs out. - See your coins as you earn them — a "+N coins" reward appears on the game-over screen, the daily-streak celebration, and when you solve a puzzle, with your balance updating live. - The end-of-game rating now shows a bullet, blitz, or rapid glyph, plus a new result-reveal animation when an online game ends. - Assorted fixes and polish across the app.

What's new in 1.2.0 - Puzzles — a brand-new tactics trainer. Work through an endless stream of rating-matched puzzles, build a solve streak, and reveal a hint when you get stuck. You earn a puzzle rating that moves as you solve — shown on your profile next to your bullet, blitz, and rapid ratings. - Pick your promotion — when a pawn reaches the last rank, choose your piece (queen, rook, bishop, or knight) instead of always promoting to a queen. - Polish and fixes across online play and Game Review.

What's new in 1.1.2 - Daily streaks — build a daily play streak from the home screen, with its own streak page and a celebration each time you keep it going. - Game Review now opens from your own side of the board. - Polish and fixes — perfectly centered screen titles, a bit more room in player cards, and the non-working "confirm move" setting removed.

What's new in 1.1.1 - Bigger, clearer board — pieces now fill each square and the coordinate labels are easier to read. - Role badges — admins, moderators, and testers now appear with a badge next to their name across the app. - Hot-seat (two players, one screen) — choose your side before the game (white, black, or random), with clearer player labels and a board that always starts from White's view. - Clearer, better-balanced sound effects. - Polish and fixes — a refreshed settings icon, a cleaner draw (½) symbol, a sign-in screen that fits smaller phones, smoother rematch and new-game, and faster Game Review loading.

What's new in 1.1.0 - Game Review now runs server-side: faster, more consistent, easier on your battery, and with a smaller app download. - The app now matches your device's light or dark theme. - New-game flow and back navigation are smoother. - Portrait layout improvements, sign-in fixes, and other stability improvements.

What's new in 1.0.1 • Fresh sound pack: all-new move, capture, and check sounds for a cleaner feel. • Send feedback right from Settings: tell us what you love or what is bugging you. • Rate your experience after reviewing a game. • Stability and polish improvements.